Constitutional issues and the treatment of Pakistan's religious minorities

Although Pakistan was created as a homeland for South Asia's Muslims, religious freedom was one of its founding principles. Seventy years later, Pakistan is better known for religious extremism and the persecution of Muslim and non-Muslim religious minorities. Pakistan's blasphemy law is a...

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主要作者: Ispahani, Farahnaz 1963- (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Royal Society for Asian Affairs 2018
In: Asian affairs
Year: 2018, 卷: 49, 发布: 2, Pages: 222-237
Further subjects:B 基督徒
B 宪法
B 宗教政策
B 印度教徒
B Pakistan
B 宗教身份
B 少数
B 法律地位
B 压迫
B 什叶派
B 人口群组
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总结:Although Pakistan was created as a homeland for South Asia's Muslims, religious freedom was one of its founding principles. Seventy years later, Pakistan is better known for religious extremism and the persecution of Muslim and non-Muslim religious minorities. Pakistan's blasphemy law is a state-sanctioned tool of religious oppression used to target members of minority faith communities whether Ahmadiya, Christian, Hindu, or Shiite, as well as Sunnis who criticize the law. This paper discusses the blasphemy law and other laws that have led to the state of religious oppression in Pakistan. (Asian Aff/GIGA)
Item Description:Teil eines Special Issue: Ghosts from the past? Assessing recent developments in religious freedom in South Asia
ISSN:1477-1500
Contains:Enthalten in: Asian affairs
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2018.1468544